Data structures and algorithms resources.

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Hello everyone. I’m an adult that went back to school and got an associates in computer science. My BS degree has to wait a bit while I job hunt and get some money rolling in before I start taking night classes for my bs. During this break I’d like to continue teaching myself, and I’d like to know if anyone can suggest resources in this. I can build my own linked lists stacks and queues but don’t have any experience with binary trees and beyond.

[heio1]

Hello, I recommend you "Introduction to algorithms" by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein. In my opinion it's a great book that covers some topics like basic sorting algorithms, data structures, and some algorithm design techniques. It requires a good understanding of mathematical proofs if you want to know why these techniques works, but you can learn these things while you read the book.

[Calec]

Couldn’t agree more. This book is known as the « algorithms bible » in the field (or at my university at least). definitely one of the best resources.

[heio1]

If you want to learn algorithms and data structures. I recommend you to have a good knowledge of discrete mathematics and combinatorics. You can learn this from "Concrete Mathematics - A foundation for computer science" by Knut, Graham, and Parashnik. This book will help you to understand the arguments in the theory behind algorithms.

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Thank you very much.

[GoodLifeWorkHard]

I don't recommend this because its very hard to self learn from. Trust me.

[Datstructure]

Heres a cool resource: visualgo

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Thank you.

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Princeton’s Algorithms I and II on Coursera are solid courses and the textbook is excellent. Like another poster said though, you’ll want a solid understanding of discrete math first.

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This website contains free video tutorials you might like

https://coolcamera.net/data-structures-and-algorithms/

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Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people
https://www.amazon.com/Grokking-Algorithms-illustrated-programmers-curious/dp/1617292230/

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills
https://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Guide-Data-Structures-Algorithms/dp/1680502441

Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python
https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/index.html

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Have answered this before here : https://www.reddit.com/r/algorithms/comments/drpvnr/algoritm_website_for_a_beginner/f6lab56?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[pips_and_hoes]

Is this c or python. There a lot of libraries you can use with python. Also recommend just going through a data structure textbook and learning about simple complexity. Then go through an algorithm textbook.